Explores the historical reasoning behind Stirling's approximation for factorials using basic calculus and intuitive mathematical approximations.
A developer tests the real-world traffic capacity of a pre-rendered Next.js site, comparing it to SSR and analyzing performance under load.
Amazon Q Developer CLI introduces a new agentic coding experience, using Claude 3.7 Sonnet for dynamic, interactive command-line development.
A developer shares insights and challenges encountered while creating their first Azure Function, comparing IDE experiences and model choices.
A guide to deploying Azure Monitor using Terraform, covering core components and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for consistent cloud monitoring.
A structured learning plan for C#/.NET developers to master microservices architecture, covering fundamentals, implementation, and Azure deployment.
Explores the new System.Threading.Lock type in C# 13, a lightweight, safer synchronization primitive for multi-threaded code.
Explores using onion architecture, separation of concerns, and cohesion to build adaptable, maintainable software under tight deadlines.
Argues that AI can improve beyond current transformer models by examining biological examples of superior sample efficiency and planning.
A developer shares their experience migrating from Oh-My-Zsh to a simpler Zsh setup with Starship and custom configurations.
SQL Server 2019 has ended mainstream support, leaving users with only security patches. This article outlines the implications and next steps.
Explores KIP-932, a proposal to add queue semantics and share groups to Apache Kafka for improved message processing.
Explores KIP-932, a proposal to add queue semantics and share groups to Apache Kafka for improved message processing.
Explains why traditional DMZ and secure zone network designs offer little security in Azure, advocating for modern micro-segmentation approaches.
An overview of C# and .NET Core in 2025, covering its open-source status, strengths, weaknesses, and comparisons to other languages like Java and Go.
A developer advocate explains how using AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude to generate professional-looking designs has solved the problem of building ugly demo applications.
A practical guide to implementing function calling with Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash model, enabling LLMs to interact with external tools and APIs.
A software engineer's 100-day challenge to explore and document every GNU Coreutils command, sharing insights and examples.
Explores the concept of 'generality' in AI models, using examples of ML failures and LLM inconsistencies to question how we assess their capabilities.
Author explains why they host code in bare Git repos instead of platforms like GitHub, and details their preferred methods for receiving patches.
